Warmer.



i UNITED STATES PATENT FF'ICE.

FRANK JOE M-EIER, OF VVEIGAND, NEBRASKA.

WARMER.

SPECIFICATION forming para bf Letters Patent No. 705,267, dated July 22, 1902. Application filedT August l, 1901. Serial No. 70,523. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known th at I, FRANK'JOE MEIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weigand, in the count)7 of Knox, State of'Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Warmers; and I doA hereby declare" board, in position to warm the feet of thev driver, and which, furthermore, will include means for warming his hands, it being understood, of course, that the device may be used in other specific places with equally as good results.

A further obj-ect of the invention is to provide means for conini'ng the heat to a space directly above the warmer, so that the lower.

limbs may be also warmed.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a top view of the device with the lap-cover raised. Fig. 2 is a section taken through one side portion of the device. Fig. 3 is a view showing the means for connecting the liaps of the covering to the plates.

Referring now to the drawings, the present warmer consists of a top portion including two pairs of plates 5 and 6, the pairsoffpla'tes being spaced laterally from each'f'other and being secured at one end to the upper edge of a support 7, which holds Vthe-pairs of plates slantingly, the lowerends of the plates being attached to a sill 8, whichis in turn connected with the lower edgeof the support,7"b'y" means of longitudinal sills 9 to form a strong framework, which will hold the parts rigidly. The plates of each pair are disposed one above the other and are spaced slightly tok permit of circulationof air betweenthem, and they are held in such spaced'rel'ation by means ofA lugs 10, castor otherwise formed thereon.

The side and upper edges of the plates of eachv 5o pair are connected to form two boxes, with f ,the lower endsfclosed to prevent iiow of air from the lower ends. Between the -two'pairs of plates is'disposed a lamp 11of'that style commonly known as a lamp-stove, the hood 12 o f which is tapered and communicates with ai'flue 12', which is disposedtransverselyvof the space between the pairs of plates and which communicates' at its end-s with the inclosures of the pairs of plates( f Thus the heat from the lampwill pass through the hood and into the flue, Where it will divide and will iow into the inclosures of t-he pairs of plates.

In order that the heated air that rises from the plates may be retained Vand utilized-for warming the lower limbs of the driver or other person, a lap-covering is providedandonsists of two thicknesses 15 and 15 of a suitable fabric,the two thicknesses being sewed together at thr'eeedgesgwhile at the front edges they are secured to opposite sides of a strip 16 of wood or other material, in which are recesses 16', through the bases of which are 'perforations 17', these recesses and perforations leadingthrough the strip and into the interspace between thetwo layers 15 and 15 of the fabric, asshowniinFig. 2. At the upper ends of the 4hollow plates 5 and 6 and communicating therewith are upwardlydirected tubular projections 17, which are adapted to t snugly into theirecesses 16', as, illustrated. V.Heat from the plates 5 and 6 may thus pass upwardly and into the interspa'ce between the V layers of the fabric forming a lap-robe orc'overng to warm the flatter. At the sidesofithe covering are the `flaps,18,.,which areprovided at their points with hooks 19, whichareradapted for engagement with eyes 2O at the outer edges of the plates to hold the flaps down. The free edge `ofthe covering isthen ydrawn up and over the'kn`ees,gand thus., catches and holds the heated air. In order that the hands may be also kept warm, mitts 21 are provided, and at their tips are `v`connected exible tubes 22, whichlead to a common tube 23, fixed to the front support and connected with'thetransverse liue 12', so that heated'air may pass from the hood of the lamp into the mitts.

It will be understoodtha-t in'practicegmodiications of the specific construction shown IOO I mi

may be made and that any suitable materials and proportions may be used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed isl. A device of the class described comprising spaced heating-plates, means for heating the plates, and a flexible lap-covering comprising spaced fabrics and connections between the covering and the plates for conveying heated air from the plates to the covering.

2. A device of the class described comprising hollow heating boxes or plates having means for heating them and provided with tubular projections communicating therewith, ot'a lap-covering comprising spaced fabrics having a strip secured therebetween at one end of the fabrics, said strip having openings in which the tubular projections are received and perforations registering with the bores of the projections whereby heat may pass from the plates between the layers of fabric.

3. A device of the class described comprising spaced inclined boxes having their lower ends open, a ue connecting the boxes near to their upper ends, a lamp having a hood connected to the flue, flexible tubes connected with the fille and having hand-receiving mitts attached thereto to receive heat therefrom, 3o

and a covering device removably connected with the plates of which the boxes are formed.

4. A device of the class described comprising inclined boxes spaced laterally and havinga flue connecting them, a lamp having a hood connected with the line to supply heat therethrough to the boxes, projections at the upper ends of the boxes, and a exible covering having a recessed plate at its edge for engagement with the projections to hold the covering in position to be stretched over the boxes.

5. A device of the class described comprising spaced heating-plates and having a flue connecting them adjacent to their upper ends, a lamp having a hood communicating with the flue, a pipe leading forwardly from the flue beyond the plates, iexible tubes connected with the pipe, and hand-receiving devices connected to the tubes, a flexible covering being connected to the upper and side edges of the plates.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK JOE MEIER.

Witnesses:

W. R. ELLIS, THALOR MEIER. 

